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    V2grid (Vehicle to Grid) and Tesla

    Think of the change going from "bare wire" distribution firms to "smart distribution" firms who regulate individual units spread out in millions of locations. It's great on my whiteboard - but what will it take? PJM Region has one utility called PECO, I think it's in Penn. There, PECO got...
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    V2grid (Vehicle to Grid) and Tesla

    In terms of peak load power - it's helpful. In Australia, Tesla built the big battery - why? The payments upon peak demand periods are huge. Up to $3000 AUD per MWh delivered. That's enormous as in the USA, during regular times, it is $20 USD per MWh wholesale. In the PJM grid segment...
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    V2grid (Vehicle to Grid) and Tesla

    When the charger port design (ie. the Tesla plug) was designed, forethought for this era should have been done. Now, well maybe they will redesign something for N.America and consider doing something with a refresh. Then everyone can upgrade to new cars (great for sales numbers) which can work...
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    V2grid (Vehicle to Grid) and Tesla

    The Complete Picture of V2H/V2G. You're plugged in at home (or even work) and have a software agreement to allow output of say 2KW for 10kWh if the grid needs it on peak summer days. Pays .60/kWh to dump up to 10kWh per day. This buys you lunch on a peak load day. Such agreements would make...
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    V2grid (Vehicle to Grid) and Tesla

    V2H actually is a thing in Japan. Nissan Leafs were used for those. Also, Generac generators perform monthly (?) running of the ICE engine to basically keep it "healthy" (a few minutes only).
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    V2grid (Vehicle to Grid) and Tesla

    Their target market may not be what I see in my world. However, I have multiple neighbors who have generators who fire-up when the power goes out - you can hear it walking outside if the grid (rarely) goes down. People pay $10k or more for this per house. It doesn't add value to the house for...
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    V2grid (Vehicle to Grid) and Tesla

    I don't see how Tesla can get through the next 2-3 years without either "hyping" something of future V2H/V2G solutions or actually doing it. First, it's not hard to do. Second, it adds so much value to vehicles that it is a no-brainer. Third, it starts to lean away from using fuels-powered...
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    China Market situation and outlook

    Can you give a side by side of the Chinese EV market by showing the 2019 graph for end of June alongside that?
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    Had your car removed and delivered to someone else for Q2 sales waiting room

    Europe delivery now has priority of course. It seems their logistics of creating priority failed going back to things like the Model 3 reservation list (why people stood in line...) The biggest lever you can pull is to tell a human that you will be cancelling the vehicle order and want a full...
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    Had your car removed and delivered to someone else for Q2 sales waiting room

    As long as you didn't pay in full before the 30th, it should be fine. You didn't pay in full, did you?
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    Model Y - the dirty dozen

    Did they ban you from ordering another one yet or does that come after you refuse a 2nd one due to their quality?
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    Wiki Model S Delivery Update

    @tinm Did the S have a March or May/June build date on it? Seems like it should have been built in the last 3-4 weeks.
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    Tesla Energy and utility scale projects

    In order to facilitate the power within the batteries, what is the input power? Overnight baseload? Peaker plants bring in source fuel and create output power through some sort of generator. Batteries make no power out of the ether, so is this just borrowing power from more overnight...
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    Tesla Energy and utility scale projects

    Pretty sad to be celebratory about "getting rid of those employees". What if it was your job? Your family? Especially now with 25 Million USA jobs alone being cut. Did you celebrate that too?
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    Tesla Energy and utility scale projects

    In the US, there are Generator companies or "Generation" and there are distribution companies or "Utilities". Both are separate and regulated differently. Ratepayer committees within each state work with these companies when they need more money or need to make large cost-based changes that...
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    Tesla Energy and utility scale projects

    Peaker plants DO NOT charge a lot. And that charge is available to battery components as well. It is based on the price paid to fast-responders in a regulated industry. Fast responders are those who can come online within <n> minutes or <n> seconds even. Peaker plants just fall in line with...
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    Tesla Energy and utility scale projects

    The only reason to become a utility is to take advantage of the current scenario of fast-response pricing (as they did in Australia) whereby such pricing is based on decades old hot-standby costs and spin-up speeds of fast response systems. Do we all think that such pricing will last into the...
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    If I order today... when do you think I'll take delivery?

    as noted above, P+21"+FSD is highest margin, those will come first, of course.
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    If I order today... when do you think I'll take delivery?

    I think they are all saying things like that, but if people are ordering in February and getting March deliveries, I doubt everything they say.
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    Tracking Model Y orders

    @Troy - one user above asked for adding a column for "Confirmation Date" on the Model Y tracker.
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    Wiki Tesla Europe Registration Stats

    @Troy - Will you be doing a table for 2020? if not, were you asked not to?
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    Tracking Model Y orders

    If you're not aware, Teslike Troy has a tracker for those who are jumping in and doing orders now that the Model Y ordering is up and running with deliveries starting in March. Teslike Model Y Survey & Order Tracker
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    Somebody selling my wrecked model 3 VIN in a different car

    We need people to get more than 9k and/or 14k mile out of cars to make for a good sustainable transportation future. Hydroplaning is a result of speed during wet conditions. Slow down, eh?
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    Warning for Tesla drivers on steep mountain roads

    The car doesn't force you to enable EAP or FSD. Isn't it something that you can ignore?
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    EU Market Situation and Outlook

    The size of X5 PHEV sales is a bit unexpected. And no Prius Prime in Belgium?
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    Solarglass Roof - V3 - any customers?

    Will they quote it without powerwalls? Is the wall a requirement to doing a V3 project?
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    Solarglass Roof - V3 - any customers?

    Has the wattage per tile been computed? That really needs to be at the forefront of a solution to understand cost,benefit and ROI.
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    Solarglass Roof - V3 - any customers?

    I've heard that CA has a long time from permitting to completion of a project. There has to be some movement in government agencies to assist in this issue - the state is very pro-solar PV and yet the local governments are quite slow in assisting in solving the problems.
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    EU finalize and deliveries

    Vins are not given out like they used to be. Appears cars may be on ships before you get a vin.
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    Solarglass Roof - V3 - any customers?

    2020 only reduces tax benefit by 4%. 30% this year and 26% next year. If they offer 2% to 4% reduction in price to the customer, that's a wash and it may not be that impactful if no price reduction occurred.
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    Solarglass Roof - V3 - any customers?

    I want to find out more from someone that gets a quote on what amount of active tiles are decided to be placed on away-sides of roofs - or if you have an East/West pitch, if they do both sides. I have a neighbor with East/West and did a Solar City install in 2016 and they blanketed the roof...
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    Solarglass Roof - V3 - any customers?

    Either the date the system is paid for or the date put into service - for the ITC date. If not started soon, drops to 26% next year. Stll quite good.
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    Solarglass Roof - V3 - any customers?

    Does anyone have any details on V3 installations, whether an existing customer project or pictures?
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Cash flows are analyst estimates. Same analysts who have lowered their profit expectations every few weeks for the last few years. Their estimates of cash flow require hitting metrics that have been missed like "500,000 a year by 2018", "Million a year by 2020" and other unlikely metrics. I...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Tesla bought into the Wall Street world with the May 2013 first round of Convertible Bonds that they sold in order to "pay off the DoE loan 9 years early". And by doing so, and by marking price points for convertibility of that and other converts, caused far more players to push the price up...
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    Wiki Model 3 Order Tracking Spreadsheet

    Not many configurations lately in the TMC Teslike Troy's spreadsheet. Any later July Model 3 configs? Teslike Model 3 Survey #1
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    V2grid (Vehicle to Grid) and Tesla

    The DC/AC inverter to do V2H is already within the PowerWall. It wouldn't be too hard to just take the battery source out of Powerwall and make it a stand alone "connector" to the car - an HPWC-2H. Powerwall uses a high voltage battery set and presumably high enough that it "mimics" the...
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    V2grid (Vehicle to Grid) and Tesla

    The point for a family is to have multiple EVs. While one or more are plugged in they provide the two-way power solution for the home. One drives off to work, you still have the utility. The thinking has to go past "a family has one EV". We know of many EV "families" with multiple Teslas in...
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    Thinking to swapping month old SR+ with LR RWD

    Have you looked into the winter-range effects, says you are in Colorado, so that would be a concern to be aware of.
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    Thinking to swapping month old SR+ with LR RWD

    That blurb does not appear in the link when I click it. Is it a regional issue?
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    Wiki Model 3 Order Tracking Spreadsheet

    Not seeing many people logging their recent July orders in Troy's spreadsheet. How active are orders now that the US tax credit has halved again? Teslike Model 3 Survey #1
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    Wiki Model X Order/Delivery Tracking - Google Sheet

    For some reason, the process changed. Now, they give the Vin # really close to delivery time with little other details. Not much different than other custom orders from other makers.
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    Wiki Model X Order/Delivery Tracking - Google Sheet

    It doesn't run out. It changes to 1875 on July 1
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    Wiki Model X Order/Delivery Tracking - Google Sheet

    Is it possible that 180xxx are the new motor style and others prior get the old finished lot of motors prior to the new ones? Or the Vin #s were started clean at 180xxx for some other reason. Gap is between 163xxx to 180xxx. This gap didn't happen with the MS. yet. They certainly are giving...
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    After low ball offers by Carmax and Tesla, sold it myself - Huge Difference!

    In the early '00s - I had a co-worker sales guy who bought a new BMW 740iL new for roughly $99,500. We also had a co-worker who bought used cars. A while later, bought a five year old 740iL - same color and year for $25k. Luxury cars depreciate fast and yet a used Tesla still offers the 8-yr...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    California is doing ok, but I track the CRVP rebate applications (extrinsically) and I still see a 20% decline over April here in May. Either buyers are wealthy and cannot apply, or don't know about it, or sales are good in certain areas of CA only (where gas prices are indeed higher). You...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    The camera set and wiring is pretty cheap. The computer on the other hand isn't.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Do you have a Covered Call selling strategy while holding shares of a stock? You actually could have recouped income along the way even in a sideways or slightly higher market.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Do the longs here have a standard in terms of Covered Call writing strategies? When a stock is in a downtrend, one wise move is to write out of the money longer-term calls to capture some of the costs of the downtrend. I do hope you guys have had this strategy for some time this year in order...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Bottom of the multi-year Head and Shoulders is roughly 185